three. three. three. video for your media project free media. turkey and syria keep the border. as media reports suggest may have provided more. territory in the first place. and. greets with protesters saying they're exchanging financial slavery. as the eurozone prepares to release the latest rescue for. a unity from venezuela a long standing socialist leader proves he still enjoys the people support winning a fourth and six more years in power.

it's a pleasure to have you with us here today. live in moscow mortar shells are landing in turkey may be coming from weapons that itself provided to syrian rebels fighting bashar al assad that is according to a turkish newspaper this together with suggestions that kurdish separatists are mobilizing inside syria threatens to leave turkey in an awkward diplomatic position middle east correspondent paula she's got the latest on this. what we've witnessed now is five days of increasing conflict along the turkish syrian border at the same time we've seen shelling now taking place from both sides and there's real concern in the region that we could be looking at a full scale war between turkey and syria that started last week wednesday when a shell was fired from the syrian side into turkish territory and they had killed

five members of the same family now the turkish prime minister erdogan has gone on record by saying that his country is ready for war and this follows the approval of a mandate last week by the turkish parliament in which they did give the green light for cross border operations but it's not as if the whole turkish population is behind the prime minister on this issue we've witnessed more than five thousand people take to the streets all last week thursday there they were holding pack cards and chanting no to war in syria is afraid and what we're increasingly hearing from many experts who are pointing to the fact that the area in syria from where these mortars are being fired into turkey are areas that are being controlled by the rebels and that is why many expert opinion still suggesting that they're being fired deliberately to provoke to key into calling on may to to launch some kind of operation in syria and the irony of the situation though is that we're now receiving expert opinion that many of the shells that are being fired from syria are in fact being fired by weapons that turkey provided to the rebels to help them

fight the assad regime so you have this law that i want to situation where turkey is being fired on by weaponry that itself supplied to the rebels in addition to those we're also now receiving several reports that the syrian army of the kurdistan workers coffee is forming an army just fifteen kilometers from the take the border now the fighting which is concentrated in northern syria has seen kurds take advantage of the situation that already claimed several cities their economy they want independence from damascus but they have also now becoming a problem for two. taking of course is no stranger to the kurdish problem just have a nice case jets were flying. in northern iraq so here you have a situation where to keep its assistance to the rebels to fight aside is now having to fight and seen an escalation in that problem as well. bill

a humanitarian crisis is developing in libya the continuing siege of the town of bani walid a former khadafi stronghold has left residents without vital supplies. and only a member of bani walid social council is inside the besieged city he gave us his account of what exactly is happening. because you can. you know. your. normal can you go on there are going to. be. more you know. there are very happy. to. you could you know. that they are. being ordered to go. by let's discuss this further now with a journalist james corbett good to see you today the siege of bani walid basically

started because the government wants to arrest the suspected murderers of the man credited with capturing khadafi and the town failed to hand them over though but do you think the siege but too heavy handed over response. well it is a very heavy handed response in a lot of ways and it just goes to show that the deeply divided lines in the country right now tribally ethnically in terms of geography it's a it's a deeply divided country and there are a number of different problems that are playing itself out politically in libya right now and this just goes to show once again that not only is libya ungoverned to a large extent at the moment but is perhaps given its current political state ungovernable where you say on governor ungovernable let's talk about the issue of the residents of bani walid they're appealing now for you when the help but as we've heard a little earlier nothing practical is being done why do you think that is well it's difficult to know how to how to actually provide assistance in this case again it's

a question of what type of international body has the authority to come in in the situation in what way do they have the mandate or the ability to act and in what way can they actually be protected themselves given the repeated in numerous strikes against western targets in libya over the past year i think it just goes to show that really the country is descending into a type of chaos that is the really the predictable result of this type of regime change through violence that we've seen time and again throughout the past decade from afghanistan to iraq to libya and potentially. state of chaos as you say of a certainly there's a political crisis developing as well libya's new prime minister has been dismissed for failing to form a government is the country's new political system even doomed before it starts. well i think so and i think certainly at this particular instance we have that the prime minister as you say being voted out in a vote of no confidence because he was unable to form

a cabinet and basically this is due to both the pressures from the people themselves there was a popular protest movement basically saying that each individual city was complaining they were under represented in this proposed cabinet and you have the political dealings with the major parties behind the scenes including an offshoot of the muslim brotherhood which is trying to work with the national force alliance to try to get into a greater position of power in the country so there's a lot of power politics playing out and this again goes to show how deeply divided the country is at this point and there's no easy solution on the horizon for the people of libya not james forgive me i'm running low on time have a moment ago you draw the comparison of iraq afghanistan libya what kind of lessons can be learned in regard to the long running crisis inside syria well at the very least it shows us that we should be extremely doubtful of the people the people who have their fingers on the trigger in this case who would like us to believe that the outside forces will be greeted as liberators and given flowers and all of that

type of rhetoric we've heard time and time again over the past decade in which is signally failed to come true in each and every case and i think we can i'm magine that this is exactly the type of situation that would be playing out in syria if the assad government was to be overthrown i think we'd have the exact same types of problems so i think there has to be a at the very least a great deal of skepticism about the way that the projected overthrow of the assad government would play out if that were to take place but editor of the colbert report say thank you thank you for. the eurozone is again opening up its coffers to put cash into the region's permanent bailout fund in a bid to say they lng members of the european stability mechanism will be able to lend a five hundred billion euros with germany the main contributor but cash strapped. greece is still waiting for a long delayed loan payout as it negotiates new cuts these have angered pensioners who have marched to the e.u. offices in the capital and burned in e.u.

flag eighteen people are said to be charged for sunday's protest ahead of a visit by german chancellor angela merkel and one of those charged is the leader of a trade union who's been promising today strikes later on r.t. we hear from australian billionaire turned politician frank stronger it believes is the single currency that simply crippling the region. for strong europe i think especially all the people. that there were a lot of the wars people afraid of so i think what's wrong is to have the same common currency because that just doesn't work early much against centralizing there would be one huge central government huge central finance department for democracy and but in the final analysis it

won't to the economy you want to work you see there in europe you have too many people which one that they're stupid krauts you know first first we got to realize we've got to think about it how can we create wealth. and in exactly twenty minutes time you can watch but interview in full with your straightly and billionaire turned politician a frank strong. turn our attention now to the u.k. cuts to benefits squeezing the most vulnerable of recent data suggests fifteen percent of children regularly go without a hot meal but london still eyeing ten billion pounds more in welfare cuts laura smith reports despite intervention from charities things are only getting worse. for millions of children every year hunger is the death sentence this is save the children's usual campaign feeding starving youngsters in africa but times have

changed and for the first time in its ninety three year history the charity has launched a major fundraising campaign here in britain. it's a watershed moment as recession hits the u.k.'s poorest children the hardest the situation is pretty bleak for children and families out there in our children having to go without what we consider some basic essentials so for example when their old ones for now it's achieving a warm coats him winter these are pretty shocking statistics in the u.k. in twenty twelve and we believe that we really need to take action in glasgow for the first time the cupboard is almost bare for mother of three sharon more it's a daily struggle to provide the basics for her kids with her. she's not alone three and a half million children are living in poverty in the u.k.

and a quarter of their parents say they've gone without meals so their children can eat . a child in poverty has to forgo the things other families take for granted eating healthily having a friend round for tea days out natalie mother to two year old noah puts all she can afford into the gas meter but it's still not enough to heat their home it's cold but if they. keep warm in the house some blankets rather than turn the fire around a lot. so you just can't afford to charities calculate that the poorest ten percent of society i hate thirteen times harder by government cuts to services than the richest ten percent and growing up in poverty puts a child under enormous emotional strain their education suffers even a sick good school and that's storing up trouble for the future you have the impact

it was almost children but it's also a massive impact to society and to our economy and so you know we if we. we all of us will have to pay the price in terms of extra spending on education spending on. america will be weaker because you know we'll be losing talent what's the point of slashing the welfare budget if we're going to be paying the price for the increased spending we're going to. save the children hopes to help the worst hit families but this could be a long campaign the institute for fiscal studies says in the next ten years based on current government tax and benefit policies eight hundred thousand more children will be dragged into poverty eradicating all the gains that have been made in the last ten years laura smith r.t. london. he's reelected venezuelan president hugo chavez secures

a comfortable victory in a crucial vote for the nation. part of the story and many many more to come in just a few months short break from. which is slow often enough and knows that to ride a horse you've got to catch it first. for him it's a daily routine that your software's of course are on the island of a horn at the heart of. his life on an isolated farm is about blue sky green grass and his horses weren't there sometimes he gets lonely here but horses have become part of me now i've fallen off so many times sometimes. it's part of my

every day life. i home suburban home to a rats local just laugh for centuries most still live off the low end cattle and fish . if you might call it is often called the pearl of siberia a horn is said to be the pearl of. its all end of fake forests. and vast stops. virtually undiscovered by tourists until some twenty years ago i was cornish quickly becoming a magnet for nature lovers and if you will seekers you're quite some way from civilization here accommodation on the island is very basic so you can forget about it's easy or even running water for most people a tent is the on the eruption but for those who come here it's exactly what they're

looking for. a journey to buy coal can be unique a trip of a lifetime and the local. say once you've seen it we'll be coming back again and again. live from moscow this is arts he i'm a rory sushi thanks for joining us it was a tough political battle but you go chavez again has proven his a socialist agenda in venezuela enjoys strong support as he was reelected president for a fourth time in the polls massive turnout of over eighty percent showed just how crucial the vote was for the entire nation our correspondent lisa caffe

unauthorized details from caracas. we're standing here on the streets of caracas just hours after president hu does samba's emerged as the clear winner in the elections the world leading the country for another six years after millions of venezuelans have their ballots now i saw this picture very likely ensures that the current programs the president has put into place will continue that means the so-called twenty first century socialism experiments but it helped improve life for many of the poor many of whom are gathered here while the celebrations have been largely for the most part things actually gotten a little bit stanford's you can see behind me people have probably drank a little bit too much they're gathering here on motorcycles and we know that the opposition candidate and we pick up the list has agreed to essentially he said that he's not going to contest the election to president of ourselves as so it really remains to be seen whether there will be any sort of street process or any sort of

opposition rallies in the retake cept for the science officers economic policies promise of corruption and promise will improve ties with the west of course he didn't win a lot of support and that is because a lot of the people here feel that a lot of problems in the venezuela have still not been addressed there's a very high crime rates there are serious problems with corruption in the country and they're just not sure whether this will on the president get us on this for another six years as a really going to lead to improving those issues but of course for the supporters it does remain a sort of god like figure to some degree and here's a look as to why running water electricity and a real home having spent most of her life in venezuela slums these are luxuries that anna silva could only dream of before going to when i got this apartment i just couldn't believe it i thought my eyes were deceiving me i'm thankful to this government for helping people like me she was able to move her family into this home thanks to a housing program established under president hugo chavez. it's one of the many

projects that earn. tremendous popular support among the poor but alienated him from other voters the latter have turned out in droves to vote for him to recreate them premiss a wealthy businessman in a free market advocate who is pushing for more private enterprise and investment critics fear that he would bring an end to venezuela's twenty first century socialism so what we're looking at is an ongoing effort by the old venezuelan ruling class to turn back the clock represents the past he represents an attempt to move. away from a past that focuses attention on reducing inequality reducing poverty. but whether chavez has addressed that in the best way remains a question dollars having to help bring down the crime rate one of the worst in the world on employment and a stagnating economy has turned many away from el commandante today even as well has corruption deficits we are some of the poorest people we want. this has been

accused of authoritarianism suppressing the courts and silencing critics in the press. another burning issue in the country is the quality of employment among the poor the government does implement measures to support them but there are no jobs for those in the deepest poverty they receive government subsidies but there isn't enough investment both government and private to actually provide them with well paid jobs instead of just giving financial aid. it for the long neglected residents of venezuela slums free services may just trump over freedom this is done as well as body a part of the largest slum in all of latin america for decades thousands of venezuelans who live here had no access to any sort of medical care that is until i saw the social program to open clinics like this one here and as well as get access to doctors kept up medical services free medicine for free here they helped me along

and this community has helped a lot of people and a lot of chew. and here thank you to chavez has done a lot for us this missions are just incredible. these are illegal settlements the shacks and buildings are poorly built and for decades infrastructure was virtually nonexistent most are sprawled across the steep hills surrounding caracas the number of people living up in those songs are barrios they used to be you know when you get down to the city to find work or go to school simply walking down those hills you think about an hour and how it used to be no public transportation until president about charges built these cable cars a little lifeline for venezuela for life in the slums made them proved but the country still has a long way to go voters have grown frustrated with the declining wages and scarce job prospects and reversing these trends in the next six years won't be easy lucy catherine of. them as we. are starting with afghanistan into the artery world of there we go to afghan intelligence officers have been killed in a blast targeting

a local police station in the southern helmand province the car bomb attack injured two other security staff and thirteen civilians it comes on the same day that the taliban issued a statement saying that nato forces are close to defeat and a quote freeing in humiliation. with the league's editor julia songes set to go to court to australian prime minister the australian prime minister for defamation he says is based on comments made by julia giladi in two thousand and ten who described the whistleblowing science release of u.s. diplomatic cables as quote grossly irresponsible and illegal as are claims her comments actually authorized further attacks on him and wiki leaks of course he's currently holed up in ecuador's embassy in london to avoid being sent to sweden and for years on the road extradition to the us. for there is a touch of good to see you today natasha we're talking all about the nord stream project of finally being completed here what so what's changed since the first

pipeline was launched well basically. you're saying now is the launch of the second pipeline of the north stream project is that ships gas to here the second link laid on the bottom of the baltic sea will double north seems overall annual capacity to fifty five billion cubic meters are to me to measure that income has all that entails. gas indeed has started flowing through the second line of the north stream gas pipeline indeed it's a capacity has been doubled to fifty five billion cubic meters which would be enough to basically provide twenty six million european households with heat and energy and it's also amounts to around fifty percent of what is right now being transmitted fruit ukraine see the one of the main goals of this project was to bypass transit countries like belarus and ukraine which at times were not so reliable partners for russia and supply gas directly to europe while the heads of four states russia germany the netherlands and france hailed the launch of the

second line all the partners in a north korean portrait have shown that international corporation is crucial to energy security across national borders we've also show how successful and profitable this corporation can be today reflect on that achievement tomorrow we will back on the job because there is still a lot of work to be done and these this is a very expensive project a cost seven and a half billion euros to launch and several years five to be exact in order for it to reach full capacity and earlier i spoke to the head of gas problems export branch and it's on them it's better and he said that it takes a lot of time in order to fill up a pipeline so therefore it hasn't yet been operating at full capacity and claims that russia russia needs to do this for europe as he said ridiculous i was just

to kind of thought it was a pretty deep to be need to. really didn't see it in the long dormant and. i would like to know is that the truly against these three do you know conflicts to stop socially below. but it you also mr medvedev said that. gas which is right now going for ukraine will continue doing so that this pipeline is there in order to fulfill growing demand in europe in case europe will expect more gas to be supplied and according to gas promise plans this is exactly what is going to happen and now with the second line of the pipeline capacity is there. and let's now quickly run through the markets european equities are mixed at the top of the hour ahead of the eurozone finance ministers meeting luxembourg on monday greece and spain will be on the agenda on the currency markets the euro is setting value against the u.s.

dollar and the russian ruble is weakening to the currency basket here in russia equities are following in europe's footsteps and with oil prices dropping for a second day and although there is not much that can offer support to the russian after ladies and up next on our t.v. we talked to her billionaire presidential hopeful frank stronger who tells us what needs to be done and is a native austria so that it can avoid the fate of its austerity burden neighbors. well for the. sun it's technology innovation all the moves developments from around russia we've got the future covered. by horse. by tractor. by car where the road ends.

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i'm joined today by frank stronger the billionaire founder of the largest car park manufacturer in north america he's now turned his hand to politics in his native austria and hopes to stand in the general election in that country next year mr straw act thanks for.